ROMAN COLOSSEUM FROM FARNESE GARDEN ROME ITALY STEREOVIEW US 2 CT REV STAMP 1866

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ROMAN COLOSSEUM FROM FARNESE GARDEN ROME ITALY STEREOVIEW US 2 CT REV STAMP 1866:
$14.95

Offered for sale is an early stereoview Photographed and Published by Unknown Artists. The stereoview is titled on the front in print and on the back in old handwritting as follows ----

The Colosseum could hold, it is estimated, between 50,000 and 80,000 spectators, having an average audience of some 65,000;it was used forgladiatorialcontests andpublic spectaclessuch asmock sea battles(for only a short time as thehypogeumwas soon filled in with mechanisms to support the other activities),animal hunts, executions, re-enactments of famous battles, and dramas based onClassical mythology. The building ceased to be used for entertainment in theearly medievalera. It was later reused for such purposes as housing, workshops, quarters for a religious order, afortress, aquarry, and a Christian shrine.

Although partially ruined because of damage caused by earthquakes and stone-robbers, the Colosseum is still aniconicsymbol ofImperial Rome. It is one of Rome\'s most populartourist attractionsand also has links to theRoman Catholic Church, as eachGood FridaythePopeleads a torchlit\"Way of the Cross\" processionthat starts in the area around the Colosseum

TheFarnese Gardens(Italian:Orti Farnesiani sul Palatino), or \"Gardens of Farnese upon the Palatine\", are a garden inRome, centralItaly, created in 1550 on the northern portion ofPalatine Hill, by CardinalAlessandro Farnese. They were the first privatebotanical gardensin Europe; the first botanical gardens of any kind in Europe were started by Italian universities in the mid-16th century, only a short time before.

Alessandro Farnese was appointedCardinal Deaconof the Roman Catholic Church in 1534 at the age of 14, byPaul III, his grandfather, who had been elected to the papacy two months previously. He is remembered for being an antiquarian who assembled the greatest collection of Roman sculpture assembled in private hands since antiquity.In 1550, when Farnese acquired a northern portion ofPalatine hill(historically the oldest of Rome\'s seven hills) he had ruins from a Roman palace ofTiberiusat the northwest end of the hill top filled in, and converted to a summer home. The site overlooks theRoman Forumand is near theArch of Titus. He called thisHorti Farnesianipossibly meaning to suggest thehortus conclususor \"enclosed garden\" where Mary conceived Jesus Christ.

The garden was divided into the classic style of quadrants with a well or a fountain at its centre, deriving from the design of the Romanperistiliumpalaces of the area, as re-created by the noted architectVignola.The villa\'s design was first attributed to Michelangelo but later to Vignola and Rainaldi. The gardens were arranged in terraces. Steps from terrace to terrace ran past theNinfeo della Piogga(anymphaeum) to end in theTeatro del Fontanone. Aviaries were situated in the centerCasina, which boastedfrescoes. Walking paths at the base of theDomus Tiberianaincluded underground passages and ancient

I will accept PAYPAL. Items will be shipped first class mail usually next day after payment of Paypal, packaging and mail $2.99. I will combine shipping 1 to 3 views $2.99, 3 to 6 views $5.35 and over 6 no additional postage or shipping charge.

I will ship internationally, payment must be in US funds, Paypal. I will ship world wide International first Class Mail 1 stereoview for $9.18 and will combine ship. This increase is due to the new postal service rates.